Events

Recall of Dimension Vista(R) Cuvettes

According to U.S. Food and Drug Administration, this recall involved a device in United States that was produced by Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics, Inc..

What is this?

A correction or removal action taken by a manufacturer to address a problem with a medical device. Recalls occur when a medical device is defective, when it could be a risk to health, or when it is both defective and a risk to health.

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  • Type of Event
    Recall
  • Event ID
    59746
  • Event Risk Class
    Class 2
  • Event Number
    Z-0031-2012
  • Event Initiated Date
    2011-08-08
  • Event Date Posted
    2011-10-07
  • Event Status
    Terminated
  • Event Country
    United States
  • Event Terminated Date
    2013-12-24
  • Event Source
    USFDA
  • Event Source URL
    https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cdrh/cfdocs/cfres/res.cfm?id=103543
  • Notes / Alerts
    U.S. data is current through June 2018. All of the data comes from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, except for the category Manufacturer Parent Company.
    The Parent Company was added by ICIJ.
    The parent company information is based on 2017 public records.
  • Extra notes in the data
    Analyzer, chemistry (photometric, discrete), for clinical - Product Code JJE
  • Reason
    Siemens healthcare diagnostics has confirmed a low frequency defect in the molding of the cuvettes that may result in cuvette ring and cuvette loader jams. it has been determined that the issue is related to a molding defect with the cuvette flange or "wing" breaking, resulting in an error condition. therefore, patient results are not impacted.
  • Action
    Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics sent a Urgent Field Safety Notice letter dated August 2011, to all affected customers. The letter identifed the product the problem and the action needed to be taken by customer. Customers were instructed to discard all cuvette cartridges of the identified lots. Customers were also informed that until a replacement lot is available, if an error is encountered, they may contact the Technical Solutions Center for assistance at (800) 441-9245. For replacement product , please call the Siemens Atlanta Customer Service Center at (800) 241-0420.

Device

Dimension Vista(R) Cuvettes
  • Model / Serial
    Catalog Number KS850 - lots: X05-076-11, X05-081-11, X05-086-11, X05-090-11, X05-091-11, X05-096-11, X05-101-11, X05-108-11, X05-117-11, X05-122-11, X05-125-11, and X05-126-11.
  • Product Classification
    Clinical Chemistry and Clinical Toxicology Devices
  • Device Class
    1
  • Implanted device?
    No
  • Distribution
    Worldwide Distribution -- USA (nationwide) including the states of AL, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DE, FL, GA, ID, IL, IN, IA, LA, ME, MD, MA, MI, MN, MS, MO, MT, NE, NV, NH, NJ, NM, NY, NC, OH, OK, OR, PA, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VT, VA, WA, WV, WI, WY and Puerto Rico., and the countries of Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, The Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, Australia, Japan, South Korea, and Canada.
  • Product Description
    Dimension Vista(R) Cuvettes || The Dimension Vista(R) Cuvettes are for use on the Dimension Vista(R) System. The Dimension Vista(R) integrated system is an in vitro diagnostic device intended to duplicate manual analytical procedures such as pipetting, mixing, heating, and measuring spectral intensities to determine a variety of analytes in human body fluid. Vista (TM) system chemical and immunochemical applications utilize photometric, turbidimetric, chemiluminescence, nephelometric and integrated ion selective multisensor technology for clinical use.
  • Manufacturer
    Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics, Inc.

Manufacturer

Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics, Inc.
  • Manufacturer Address
    Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics, Inc., 500 GBC Drive, Mailstop 514, PO BOX 6101, Newark DE 19714-6101
  • Manufacturer Parent Company (2017)
    Siemens Ag
  • Source
    USFDA